1. Training Program Proposal December 2009

2.  Review ~ of The Educational Technology Plan from Donegal’s Strategic Plan  Analysis ~ of Donegal’s School Website  Surveys and Interviews ~ with administrators and teachers

3.  Technology will be used to increase student achievement ◦ Strategy  Engage students with technology ◦ Strategy  Engage parents with technology ◦ Strategy  Provide access to quality technology resources  Staff Development: “the district needs to better address the technology training needs of its staff…”

4.  Teacher background pages with no picture or content  “Under Construction” labels on many grade and team pages  Content that is several years out of date

5.  Teachers ◦ Never trained/minimal training ◦ Not sure of the purpose, or administrators’ expectations ◦ Would like to know/do more ◦ Like it, and feel competent using it  Administrators ◦ Concerned that parents/users see unfinished pages ◦ Want to know how to do more with district/building pages ◦ Want teachers to have content in both individual and team/grade pages

6.  To take advantage of the district’s Schoolwires site to meet district technology goals, and communicate with stakeholders  To do this, all teachers must be proficient users

7.  Audience ~ beginners, and users with some experience needing re-training ◦ Teachers, many of whom teach K - 5 ◦ Administrators, selected staff  Benefits ~ a well developed, content-rich school website will: ◦ Meet district technology goals  Engaging parents and students  Providing access to technology resources ◦ Meet parent expectations ◦ Meet administration expectations

8.  Introductory Course ◦ 3 hours total ◦ 5 modules/time frames ◦ Appropriate for new teachers, teachers not previously trained, and teachers who feel they need re-training  Follow up  Advanced Course ◦ Emphasis on special – purpose pages ◦ Hierarchical arrangement ◦ Grade, team, school activity pages

9.  To introduce users to their Schoolwires profiles  To familiarize users with the basic text and image editing options available in the Schoolwires software  To introduce users to the Schoolwires calendar tool

10. ◦ Delivery: Interactive video tutorial ◦ Activities: Independent use of the tutorial as needed to learn how to access the Website, access and edit the user profile, and access editing mode ◦ Assessment: Embedded quiz; updated information in learner’s profile

11. ◦ Delivery: Direct instruction ◦ Activities: Edit text boxes, add text, add a saved image or Schoolwires clipart; edit an image; save and preview work ◦ Assessment: Updated teacher page demonstrates decision-making concerning formatting of images and text; electronic quiz

12. ◦ Delivery: Direct instruction ◦ Activities: Add and edit new pages using tools and processes learned in previous lesson; add content-specific pages; add links; become familiar with Online support materials ◦ Assessment: Learners have added a minimum of two pages to their sections, and content appropriate to their curriculum; electronic quiz

13. ◦ Delivery: Interactive video tutorial ◦ Activities: Access the Schoolwires calendar; view calendar pages; add detailed events or “quick’ events to the calendar; ◦ Assessment: Embedded quiz; events added to section calendar

14. ◦ Delivery: Facilitated Workspace/classroom setting ◦ Activities: Review of tools and process learned in previous modules; questions and sharing; independent work time; remediation as needed ◦ Assessment: Sharing of work; section/pages updated during the school year

15. Logging on to Schoolwires, Editing the Profile, Accessing the Site Manager

16.  Sept. - Dec. 2009 ~ Course development  Oct. – Dec. 2009 ~ Pilot Development  1 Month after Project Approval ~ Revisions  March 2011 ~ Evaluation

17.  May 2010 ~ determine needs of current teachers for beginner training  August 2010 ~ Modules 1and 2 ◦ Induction ◦ In-service

18.  October 2010 ~ Module 3 during in service  October 2010 to January 2011 ~ Module 4  January 2011~ Module 5 during in service

19.  Development o Course development - $1200 o Pilot development - $500 o Revisions – $850 o Evaluation - $400 o Cost beyond developer’s salary - $0

20. Training  During school hours ◦ $64 per teacher (1 half-day substitute)  After school hours ◦ Up to $180 per teacher (non-instructional hourly pay rate)  During In-service ◦ $0 per teacher This is the solution illustrated in the timeline

21.  Participant reaction ◦ Act 48 form ◦ Workshop feedback form  Learning ◦ Quiz, embedded in each module ◦ Evaluation of tasks accomplished  Conclusions ◦ Who needs additional instruction during module 5? ◦ What course revisions are needed?

22.  Change in behavior ◦ Benchmarks set for six weeks after modules 2 and 3 ◦ Benchmarks set for six weeks and six months after module 5 ◦ Building supervisors to determine if staff members have reached benchmarks  Return on investment ◦ Usage comparison  Teachers  Site ‘visitors’ ◦ Student and parent surveys